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Investigating Trajectories of Student Aspiration in Low-Socioeconomic-Status Schools in Western Sydney
Thu, April 3, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Convention Center, Floor: 200 Level, 204CSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
The Student Trajectory Aspiration Research (STAR) project was a participatory research study with five schools in western Sydney, Australia, that investigated how children’s career and further study aspirations are shaped over time in low SES, and culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Creative methods were used to represent career aspirations of students in primary and secondary schools, and teacher and parent focus groups explored perceptions of enablers and barriers to participation of children in further education. Findings suggest that aspirations of children are influenced by multiple factors including gender, ethnicity and socio-economic status. The specificities of place, the centrality of imagination, patterns of transnational mobility and parental desire are crucial concepts for developing understandings of trajectories of aspiration.
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Researching Educational Aspirations: Contexts, Theories, Methods - Loshini Naidoo, University of Western Sydney; Tonia Gray, University of Western Sydney; Susanne Marie Gannon, University of Western Sydney; Margaret Jean Somerville, University of Western Sydney; Carol G. Reid, University of Western Sydney
The “Placetimemattering” of Aspiration in the Blacktown Learning Community - Margaret Jean Somerville, University of Western Sydney
Imagination and Aspiration: Lighting the Flame of Possibility in a Western Sydney High School - Loshini Naidoo, University of Western Sydney
“To Be as Good as Kobe Bryant. And to Be Able to Dunk Like Michael Jordan”: Media, Consumption, and Gendered Aspiration - Susanne Marie Gannon, University of Western Sydney
Chasing the Right School: Parents as Agents for Student Aspirations - Tonia Gray, University of Western Sydney